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What Happened in 724?

Here’s our next instalment of things that happened in ..24 years of yore.

Notable Events in 724

Unknown Date. A Muslim fleet raids the Byzantine-ruled Balearic Islands, as well as Byzantine Sardinia and Lombard Corsica.

Unknown Date. Emperor Shomu orders that houses of the Japanese nobility be roofed with green tiles, as in China, and have white walls with red roof poles.